<p>Hey Guys:</p>
<p>So the deadline is 10 days away and I am still really far from a decision. Im going to be majoring in Electrical Engineering and cant decide between University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Georgia Tech, and UC Davis. Here are the pro's and cons of each for me </p>
<p>UIUC (Leaning towards this one right now)</p>
<p>Pros:
Ranked very highly for engineering
Global Recognition for engineering</p>
<p>Cons:
Cold as F*************
Middle of no where. Im worried about flying in (I live in California)</p>
<p>Georgia Tech</p>
<p>Pros:
Same as UIUC
Probably has better internship/co-op opportunities</p>
<p>Cons:
Hard as F*************************. I'm ready for a challenge but I don't think I could handle working 24/7 in the hopes of only earning a 3.0</p>
<p>UC Davis</p>
<p>Pros:
In-State Tuition/ close to home
I have lots of friends going</p>
<p>Cons:
Not nearly as well known for its ECE</p>
<p>In all honesty, my college preference changes hourly and I have nooooo idea where to go. I really appreciate any responses guys!</p>
<p>U of I!! like they are all good schools and you wont go wrong with whatever you choose, but U of I (in my opinion) is the best. As far as co-ops/ internships with U of I they are phenomenal, i know so many people as freshman that get them, and if not your freshman year you can def get out after that as long as you try. obviously they wont just be handed to you. Also U of I isnt too far from the city of chicago (like 4ish hours i think). So in that aspect u of i is better than ga tech bc theres no awesome cities like chicago in georgia haha. and if youre with all the friends you make it doesnt matter than UIUC is kind of in the middle of no where bc you will still always find something to do.</p>
<p>I’m curious as to why you think Georgia Tech has better internship or research opportunities. At Georgia there are about 20,000 students, all of whom are in engineering, math, or science fields. That’s 20,000 students all competing for a limited amount of openings.</p>
<p>Meanwhile UIUC’s College of Engineering, which dominates the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences when it comes to research opportunities, has only about 9,000 students.</p>
<p>Considering that UIUC is only one rank below Georgia Tech in ECE, it stands to reason that the two schools are very similar in terms of the quality of research and internship experience… A single rank makes little difference there.</p>
<p>So really I’d say UIUC statistically offers twice the opportunity. haha</p>
<p>Plus you get to meet a more diverse group of students. At UIUC you meet people involved in nearly every academic field, while Georgia Tech is pretty much limited to engineers.</p>
<p>@Regenesus
You may be write, better is probably not the appropriate word to use there. I am just more familiar with their program because I visited on one of those “Welcome to tech” days were they strongly emphasized their internship and co-op program. However, you and xbritx720
are probably right in saying that UIUC has a strong internship and co-op program as well. However, I drove down to Davis today and was very unimpressed with their internship/co-op program. Very few people seemed to have one and the people that did were almost all juniors and seniors. I guess UC Davis isn’t the top choice for employers when they can go to UCB, UCLA, and UCSD</p>
<p>^I still think UC davis is a better deal for in-state rather than going all the way to UIUC.
You can get /apply for internships on your own in the bay area…nothing prevents you from doing that.</p>